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Definition: holocaust holocaust n 1: an act of great destruction and loss of life 2: the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler [syn: final solution ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Holocaust Holocaust \Hol"o*caust\, n. [L. holocaustum, Gr. ?, neut. of ?, ?, burnt whole; "o'los whole + kaysto`s burnt, fr. kai`ein to burn (cf. Caustic): cf. F. holocauste.] 1. A burnt sacrifice; an offering, the whole of which was consumed by fire, among the Jews and some pagan nations. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Sacrifice or loss of many lives, as by the burning of a theater or a ship. Note: [An extended use not authorized by careful writers.] [1913 Webster] 3. Specifically: The mass killing of millions of Jews by the Nazis during the period from 1933 to 1945 in Germany and German-occupied lands; usually referred to as The Holocaust . In Hebrew, the same event is referred to by the word Shoah. [PJC]
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